Baseball Leaders on Independence Day Cards and Browns Top World
July 4 performances push St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns toward pennant talks as Mort Cooper, Luke Sewell, and Red Sox battles shape early race. Giants, Dodgers, Braves, Reds, Phillies, Yankees stumble amid key shutouts and sluggers.
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Jack Hand
Associated Press
Billy Southworth
Luke Sewell
St. Louis Cardinals
Browns
Red Birds
Brownies
Boston Red Sox
Fenway Park
Southworth
New York Giants
Mort Cooper
Harry Feldman
Harry Brecheen
Rube Fischer
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Cincinnati
Arnie Carter
Harry Gumbert
Hal Gregg
Ralph Branca
Gee Walker
Chicago
Boston Braves
Bob Coleman
Les Fleming
Claude Passeau
Dom Dallessandro
Red Barrett
Ben Cardont
Pittsburgh
Reds
Phillies
al Gerheauser
Four Golf Tournaments at Amarillo Country Club
Golf at Amarillo Country Club featured four tournaments directed by Pro George Ausbach. Winners included J. S. Evans Jack Hon Willard Smith and Bill Andrews with a net 68 in the Best Foursome. Capt. C. N. Guignon shot net 60 in 18-hole medal play with 76 16 60. Jim Farwell runner up 77 10 67. Senior division winner Jimmy James 92 24 68. Wade Holman 80 12 68. Mixed Foursome winners Mrs R J Moore and Warren Babb net 140. runners up Mrs Herbert Hart and Je D Nelson 47. David Hamrick son of Wash George and Amarillo native serves in the South Pacific as a Seabee sending home a Japanese rifle to his mother in Roswell. Globe-News Want Ads Get Results.
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Amarillo Country Club
George Ausbach
J. S. Evans
Jack Hon
Willard Smith
Bill Andrews
C. N. Guignon
Jim Farwell
Jimmy James
Wade Holman
R. J. Moore
Warren Babb
Herbert Hart
Je D. Nelson
David Hamrick
Amarillo
Wash George
Taylor Street
South Pacific
N. M. Flippo
Roswell
N. M. David
Sandies veterans and trainees in military service
Notes on Sandies players and alumni in the U S Infantry Navy and medical training schools. Pvt R Frank Williams co M 355th Infantry APC 89 Camp Butler NC serves in radio school while earning a letter in football and sprint relay. Billy Keith Irwin aka Stoney serves as Apprentice Seaman at V 12 school MA studying medicine. James R Cherry Phar 3/c overseas with Seabee Medical Corps. Johnny Storseth and Billy Joe Storseth serving in Army Engineers and medical training respectively.
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R. Frank Williams
U.S. Infantry
Frankie
North Carolina
Rabbit
Pvt
R. Frank Williams Co
355Th Infantry
APC
Camp Butler, North Carolina
Billy Keith Irwin
Stoney
Seaman
Massachusetts
Sandie
U.S.N.R. Stratton Hall
Tufts College
Medford
James R Cherry
AHS
J. R. Cherry
Cherry
James R. Cherry
Svec
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Cal
Johnny Storseth
Storseth
Engineers
U. S. Army
Johnny
John
John R. Storseth
Camp Beale
Storseth Brothers
Billy Joe
Burrell Collins
B. J. Storseth
Camp Grant
Illinois
Free Movie Day Encourages Bond Purchases in Amarillo
Bond buyers receive free admission to matinee or night shows tomorrow at four Amarillo theaters the Paramount State Capitol and Rialto. Nonbuyers pay regular prices. Featured films include The Story of Dr Wassell at Paramount Three Men in White at State Jane Eyre at Capitol and The Trail of The Lonesome Pine at Rialto.
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Amarillo
Paramount
State
Capitol
Rialto
Dr. Wassell
the Paramount
Gary Cooper
Laraine Day
Lionel Barrymore
van Johnson
Orson Welles
Joan Fontaine
Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Sylvia Sidney
Henry Fonda
Fred MacMurray
Corncobs Find New Use In Chemical Industry
CHICAGO U P The corncob once used for fires and pipes is now valued for synthetic rubber plastics and insulation. G F Spenser of Logan County Indiana repurposed an old mill beside a switch track to grind cobs into cob meal. He shipped 20 cars under a contract for 45 more, saying cob meal makes insulation comparable to brick walls. Cob supply is plentiful though transport from farms to mills remains his main challenge.
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Chicago
U.P
Chicago Daily Drovers Journal
G. F. Spenser
Logan County
Spenser
Bill Bogard Captures Big Local Golf Circuit Prize
Bill Bogard topped the Amarillo Golf Association best ball event at Amarillo Country Club as he joined the winning foursome. He then won the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association 54 hole handicap medal play at the Ross Rogers Course with a net 202 11 under par, earning merchandise and prize money. Runner up was Joe Reid with 203, and several other players posted strong scores. In Galveston, Pound ing Pat Sala of New Orleans defeated Manuel Villa in the ninth round on a war bond show that raised nearly 12 million dollars.
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Bill Bogard
Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers
Bogard
Joe Reid
D. M. Smith
Gene Milton
Bill Simpson
Dewell Brown
Paul Miller
Colby Davies
W. L. Campbell
Harrison Garrett
Paul Smith
Galveston
Pat Sala
New Orleans
Manuel Villa
el Paso
Texas
Saia
Villa
Sara
Ross Rogers Course
Amarillo Junior Golf Association
Sunset Course
Chamber of Commerce Directors Meeting Cancelled Friday
The Chamber of Commerce announces the cancellation of its regular directorate meeting scheduled for Friday at noon due to the wheat harvest, bond drive and other activities.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Today
Urgent plea for bottle return to supply troops overseas
Washington report notes that 152 million soft drink, beer and milk bottles will be needed for Army overseas use in 1944. Campaign sponsors warn many bottles will not come back and call for rapid turnover of home bottles to ensure supply for beverages and morale for troops abroad.
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Washington
U.P
Skeeters wins Abilene Country Club golf tourney
In Abilene July 5 W T Skeeters of Dallas captured the Abilene Country Club Invitation Golf Tournament with a 2 up win over Pfc Al Brousch Camp Barkeley. Skeeters led 4 up after morning rounds of 66 and held the margin against Brousch’s late charge in the afternoon 18.
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Sweeters
Abilene Abilene
W. T. Skeeters
Dallas
Abilene
Three Former World Champs Battle Benefit Boxing Show
SAN ANTONIO July 5 Al Hostak Fritzie Zivic and Bob Pastor former world champions fought in an Independence Day benefit boxing show. Zivic boxed Eddie Bang Hostak faced Tom Attra Pastor refereed main events Dick Jackson Navy fighter defeated Billy Grombacher in the main event.
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San Antonio
al Hostak
Fritzie Zivic
Bob Pastor
Army
Navy
Zivic
New England
Eddie Bang Hostak
Texas
Tom Attra
Pastor
Dick Jackson
Houston
Billy Grombacher
Pensive Finishes Fourth With Injured Jockey in Stands
The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Pensive finished fourth in the Stars and Stripes Handicap at Washington Park. Jockey Conn McCreary, injured in an auto accident, watched from the stands as Georgie Drum, ridden by Georgie Woolf, won by one length over Equifox with Rounders third.
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Chicago
Washington Park
Pensive
Georgie Drum
Conn McCreary
McCreary
Pensie
Georgie
Iceman) Woolf
East
Georgia Drum
Equifox
Bulldogs and Tigers Set For Amarillo Team Match Tomorrow
Jimmy James' Bulldogs meet Ed Roberts' Tigers at Amarillo Country Club in a pairings event led by captains James and Roberts. The list runs through numerous head to head matches including Bartlett McAfee Culton Orr Reeves Kelly McCormick Allen Leftwich Olver Holman Triplett Bivins Klein Cain Klein etc. A stray note mentions peaches being introduced to England from Persia in 1562.
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Jimmy James
Bulldogs
Ed Roberts
Tigers
Amarillo
Elmora tennis: Oliver defends singles title at Elmora invite
Charley Oliver of Perth Amboy defeats Bartzen 6-4 6-1 9-7 to defend the Elmora invitation singles title. In doubles, Bernard Bartzen and Edward Ray beat Billy Smith and Glenn Bassett 6-4 8-6 6-3 after earlier ousting Watson and Antheluoma.
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Oliver
Bartzen
Ray
Alan Watson
Short Hills
John Antheluoma
New York
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